Chris North: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 280 of 280 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor * 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus * 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata * 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope * 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 06/03/2016 Aqualate Mere, Staffordshire 1 (M); 1 (F) March 2017 and February 2019 Grimley, Worcs. 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos * 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca * 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 22/03/2014 Morton Bagot, Warwickshire 1 (M); 1 (M) January 2017 Venus Pool, Shrops. 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina * 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 01/01/2015 Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire 1 (F); 1 (M) March 2020 West Park, Wolverhampton, West Mids. 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 22/03/2015 Priorslee Lake, Telford, Shropshire 1 (M). 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula * 28 Scaup Aythya marila 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 14/03/2023 Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire 1 (M). 30 Eider Somateria mollissima * 31 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 16/02/2020 Fisherrow, Lothian 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 33 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 18/02/2020 Fisherrow, Lothian 1 (M). 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis * 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 38 Goosander Mergus merganser * 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 41 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 42 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus * 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 47 Swift Apus apus 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus * 49 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur * 53 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 55 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 25/09/2016 Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire 56 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 57 Coot Fulica atra 58 Crane Grus grus 59 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis * 60 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 29/11/2020 Chelmarsh Reservoir, Shropshire 61 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 62 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus * 63 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 64 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 65 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 66 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus * 67 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 27/07/2017 Potter Heigham Marshes, Norfolk 68 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 69 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 70 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 71 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 72 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 73 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus * 74 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 17/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands, East Yorkshire * 75 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 76 Curlew Numenius arquata * 77 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 78 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 79 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 80 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 81 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 82 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 83 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus * 84 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos * 85 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 28/01/2018 Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire 86 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 87 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 88 Redshank Tringa totanus * 89 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 04/05/2021 Clifton Pits, Worcestershire * 90 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 91 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 92 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 93 Knot Calidris canutus 94 Ruff Calidris pugnax * 95 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 96 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 06/05/2013 Camp Lane Pits, Grimley, Worcestershire 1; 1 September 2014 Upton Warren, Worcs; 1 May 2019 Upton Warren, Worcs. 97 Sanderling Calidris alba * 98 Dunlin Calidris alpina * 99 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 100 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 10/09/2016 The Flashes, Upton Warren, Worcestershire 1 juvenile. 101 Little Stint Calidris minuta 102 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 23/09/2019 Clifton Pits, Worcestershire * 103 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 104 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 105 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea * 106 Common Tern Sterna hirundo * 107 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 108 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 109 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla * 110 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 111 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 21/02/2016 Dawlish Warren, South Devon 1 (Ad Winter); 1 (1st summer) Upton Warren. 112 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus * 113 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 29/06/2020 Belvide Reservoir, Staffordshire 1st summer. * 114 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 115 Common Gull Larus canus 116 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 117 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 118 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 119 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 120 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 121 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 122 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 123 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus * 124 Great Skua Stercorarius skua * 125 Puffin Fratercula arctica * 126 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 127 Razorbill Alca torda 128 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 129 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 130 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 131 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 132 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 23/06/2022 RSPB Bempton Cliffs, East Riding of Yorkshire * 133 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 134 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 135 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 136 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 137 Gannet Morus bassanus * 138 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 15/09/2023 South Gare, Cleveland Long-staying female. * 139 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo * 140 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 141 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus * 142 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 143 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 144 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 01/06/2017 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 1 (M). 145 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 11/08/2013 Thornton Reservoir, Leicestershire 1 (juv); 1 (adult) May 2017 Shrewsbury, Shrops. 146 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 147 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis * 148 Great White Egret Ardea alba 149 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea * 150 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 02/11/2023 Whelford Pools, Gloucestershire * 151 Osprey Pandion haliaetus * 152 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 153 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 154 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus * 155 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis **** 156 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus * 157 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 158 Red Kite Milvus milvus * 159 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 160 Buzzard Buteo buteo 161 Barn Owl Tyto alba 162 Little Owl Athene noctua * 163 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 164 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 165 Hoopoe Upupa epops 166 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 167 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 30/12/2021 Roach Bridge, Lancashire 168 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 169 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 170 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor * 171 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 172 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 173 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus * 174 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 14/07/2015 Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, Staffordshire 175 Merlin Falco columbarius 176 Hobby Falco subbuteo * 177 Peregrine Falco peregrinus * 178 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 179 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 180 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 181 Jay Garrulus glandarius 182 Magpie Pica pica 183 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax * 184 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 185 Rook Corvus frugilegus 186 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 187 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 188 Raven Corvus corax * 189 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 190 Coal Tit Periparus ater * 191 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 192 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 193 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 194 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 195 Great Tit Parus major 196 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 197 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 198 Woodlark Lullula arborea 199 Skylark Alauda arvensis 200 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 201 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 202 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 15/11/2015 Church of Saint Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, Derbyshire 203 Swallow Hirundo rustica * 204 House Martin Delichon urbicum 205 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 206 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 207 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 208 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 209 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 25/10/2017 Lower Moors, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 210 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 211 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita * 212 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 12/04/2016 Granville Road, Telford, Shropshire 213 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 03/06/2021 Mons Pool, Besthorpe NR, Nottinghamshire * 214 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 215 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 21/06/2021 Middleton Lakes, Staffordshire * 216 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 217 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 19/06/2015 Marsh Lane, West Midlands 218 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 219 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla * 220 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 221 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 222 Whitethroat Curruca communis * 223 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla * 224 Goldcrest Regulus regulus * 225 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 226 Nuthatch Sitta europaea * 227 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 228 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 229 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 230 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 231 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 232 Redwing Turdus iliacus * 233 Blackbird Turdus merula 234 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 235 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus * 236 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 31/12/2016 Beeley, Derbyshire 237 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata * 238 Robin Erithacus rubecula * 239 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 240 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 241 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca * 242 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 243 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 244 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 29/12/2016 Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire 245 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 246 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola * 247 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe * 248 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 10/11/2019 Cley Marshes, Norfolk 249 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 20/11/2016 Lytham St. Annes Beach, Lancashire 250 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 251 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 252 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 253 Dunnock Prunella modularis 254 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava * 255 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea * 256 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba * 257 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 14/01/2018 Arlingham, Gloucestershire 258 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 259 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 260 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 261 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 262 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 263 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 264 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 265 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 266 Greenfinch Chloris chloris * 267 Twite Linaria flavirostris * 268 Linnet Linaria cannabina 269 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 270 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 271 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 14/03/2021 Hunnington, Worcestershire 1st winter Coues's. 272 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 273 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis * 274 Siskin Spinus spinus 275 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 276 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis * 277 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 278 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella * 279 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 280 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus